Hi all, any help or advice would be appreciated having wifi issues with a laptop wifi is not stable and impacting my work Teams calls, Any advice, things to check, setting tweaks etc



 

Setup:

• Location: South East London
• Property: Semi-detached house
• ISP: EE
  I was using EE ISP whole home mesh setup but wanted to replace it with a better product so bought the Deco BE65
• System: TP-Link Deco BE65 (triple pack / 3 nodes)
• Main node configured as router (ISP router removed)
• Main node connected via Ethernet to BT ONT

Network details:

• Was unable to get Sky boxes connected they kept dropping which I is a known issue so they are now connected to TP Link powerline adapters (seems stable now)
• Laptop: Dell Latitude 5450
• Laptop distance to nearest node: ~20 feet
• Node placement checked with WiFi analyser app
• Signal between nodes: around -20 dBm

Issue:

• Laptop WiFi connection is inconsistent
• Signal in Deco app fluctuates (full bars → drops intermittently)
• Microsoft Teams calls perform poorly
• laptop stays in my office and does not roam around house

Troubleshooting already tried:

• Initially connected via 6 GHz
• Switched to 5 GHz
• Turned mesh off for the device
• Forced connection to nearest node
• Issue still persists
• Run networm optimiser in the deco app to try different channels